Vehicle-spring.



M. TULBOVITGH.

' VEHICLE SPRING.

1 APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1910. 1

983,097. I ,PatentedJanfil, 1911.

UNITED siraa ns PATENT OFFICE MEYER- TULBOVITCH. OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VEHICLE-SPRING. Y

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented i an. 31, 1911.

Application filed August .25, 1910. Serial No. 578,953.

also to act in such a manner as to prevent excessive vibrations of the vehicle carried and consecpiently to obviate or prevent the breaking of vehicle springs due to the excessive strains placed upon the same when the vehicle is traveling heavily laden over rough places in the high-way.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view thereof. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the vehicle spring in its ordinary normal position,- and. Fig. 3 1s a similar View showing the vehicle spring under compression.

Referring particularly to the drawing, 10

.designates the usual elliptical spring commonly employed in vehicles.

11 and .12 are afpair of similarly constructed plates which are secured centrally at diametrically opposite points to the ellip tical spring 10 by means of rivets through the. openings 13 or otherwise. The ends of the plate 11 are preferably rounded as indicated at 14: to form bearings therein and the ends of the plate 12 are similarly rounded 'lhese. plates 11 the leaves of the spring 10.

16, 17, designate respectively pairs of links. The pair of links 16 at one of'their respectiveends are pivotally connected to one end of the plate 11 by a bolt or pin 18 passing throughthese ends of the links and through the adjacentrounded end 14 of the late 11. Similarly the corresponding ends of the links 17 are pivotally connected -to and the the plate 11 by a bolt or pin 19 passing through these ends of the links 17 and through the adjacent rounded end 14- of the plate.v 20 and 21 also indicate respectively, pairs oflinks; the pair of links 20 beingconnected to the plate 12 by-a bolt or pin 22 links 21 being simila ly connected bolt or pin Q3. The other ends of the links 16 and 20 are pivotally connected by a pin 24 and similarly the other ends of-the links 17 and 21 are pivotally connected by a pin 25. Surrounding the pin 24: between the links 16 there is a sleeve 26 and similarly on the pin 25 between the links 17 there is a sleeve 27.

'38 designates a spring which is preferably to the opposite end of this-plate 12 by a.

helical but which as will be understood, may

being a spring of any desired type, and 29 designates a double ended hook connecting one end of the spring 28 with the pin 24;

the loops of the hook passing around the pin between the ends of the sleeve 26 and the adjacent sides of the links,16.=

30 designates a. double ended hook similar in-all respects to the hook 29 and connecting the oppositeend of the spring 28 to the pin 25; the loops of the hook 30 passing around the pin 25 between the ends of the sleeire 27 and the adjacent sides of the links 17.

Now as will be understood, in .the operation of the hcreinbefore described vehicle support, compressed, the members of the connected pairs of'links will move toward each other or tend to close and this elongates and applies tension to the spring 28 whereby the sprin 28 assists the elli tical s rin in cara P P f 5 rying the load, and in the recoil o e elliptical spring beyond its normal position, the pairs of links will separate or open and thereby tend to compress the spring 28, with which action this spring 28 assists the elliptieal spring 10 to withstand an abnormal re-coil which might be sutiicient to break it.

I claim as my invention:

1. A vehicle support comprising an elli when the elliptical spring 10 is t'ical spring, links in pairs, pins pivotaly connecting adjacent ends of said pairs of links and sleeves between said ends through which such pins pass, means pivotally securing the distant ends of said links to the parts of said elliptical spring outside vthe planes of its sides and a helical spring between the adjacent ends of the pairsof links secured to their pivotal connection and con- -necting the links for the application of tension' to the-spring.

2. A vehicle support comprising an elliptical spring, plates with rounded ends forming bearings secured to the opposite inner faces-of the spring at the center, links in pairs, sleeves between adjacent ends of the 'c'onnecting such parts together, an a helical pairs oflinii s' and pins passing through such pins and connecting the links for the appli- "ends and the sleeves extending between the cation'of tension to the spring. same, and other pins passing through the Signed by me this 18th day of August distant ends of the pairsof links and throu h 1910.

5- the rounded bearing ends of suchlates or MEYER TULBOVITCH. 1;

Witnesses: v

Geo. T. PINCKNEY,

"spring between the .ad acent ends of the E. ZACHARIASEN.

pairs of links secured the first aforesaid. 

